* MAINTAINERS: Marking internal distribution lists
@ 2020-09-11 6:37 Lukas Bulwahn
2020-09-11 9:46 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-09-11 10:16 ` Joe Perches
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Lukas Bulwahn @ 2020-09-11 6:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Joe Perches; +Cc: linux-kernel, Ralf Ramsauer
Hi Joe,
in my continued effort to clean up MAINTAINERS, I came across various
email "lists" that are actually just some kind of internal distribution
lists, but we cannot subscribe to them (no archives available) and they
are not affiliated to a specific person.
Some examples are:
- bcm-kernel-feedback-list.broadcom.com
- brcm80211-dev-list.cypress.com
- brcm80211-dev-list.pdl.broadcom.com
- coreteam.netfilter.org
- esc.storagedev.microsemi.com
- linux-imx.nxp.com
- megaraidlinux.pdl.broadcom.com
- MPT-FusionLinux.pdl.broadcom.com
- ocfs2-devel.oss.oracle.com
- oss-drivers.netronome.com
- patches.opensource.cirrus.com
- qat-linux.intel.com
- rds-devel.oss.oracle.com
- sparmaintainer.unisys.com
- wil6210.qti.qualcomm.com
- x86.kernel.org
One of the dots needs to be replaced by an @, of course, but let us not
make it too easy for spammers to pick something up ;)
Some of them are mentioned in MAINTAINERS with 'L:' entry as those above,
some others are mentioned in MAINTAINERS with an 'R:' or even a 'M:' entry.
Greg KH also called them email group aliases and does not want them to be
valid entries for maintainer roles ('M:') because it is unclear who really
is the maintainer for such sections (when is it orphaned, when does the
maintainer actually change, etc.).
Would you have any recommendation for marking/handling such email
addresses in MAINTAINERS?
I thought about the following options:
If the email address cannot be affiliated to one specific person and the
list is not subscribable,
A. should we then mark them as 'L: email (internal)'? (or
some other keyword, such as non-subscribable, restricted group...)
B. should we just make them 'R:' entries?
With a bit of searching and guessing, I can probably update all those
entries in MAINTAINERS and pass them to the according mailing lists for
review and inclusion.
Best regards,
Lukas
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2020-09-11 6:37 MAINTAINERS: Marking internal distribution lists Lukas Bulwahn
@ 2020-09-11 9:46 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-09-11 10:12 ` Lukas Bulwahn
2020-09-11 14:40 ` Martin K. Petersen
2020-09-11 10:16 ` Joe Perches
1 sibling, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Christoph Hellwig @ 2020-09-11 9:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lukas Bulwahn
Cc: Joe Perches, linux-kernel, Ralf Ramsauer, Martin K. Petersen
On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 08:37:54AM +0200, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> - ocfs2-devel.oss.oracle.com
This is a normal mailing list, and I subscribed to it normally. It
might howerever be brken in various ways as oss.oracle.com seems
pretty much unmaintained.
> - rds-devel.oss.oracle.com
The same probably applies here.
Adding marting who might be able to find a contact at oracle to help
with issues with it.
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* Re: MAINTAINERS: Marking internal distribution lists
2020-09-11 9:46 ` Christoph Hellwig
@ 2020-09-11 10:12 ` Lukas Bulwahn
2020-09-11 14:40 ` Martin K. Petersen
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Lukas Bulwahn @ 2020-09-11 10:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Christoph Hellwig
Cc: Lukas Bulwahn, Joe Perches, linux-kernel, Ralf Ramsauer,
Martin K. Petersen
On Fri, 11 Sep 2020, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 08:37:54AM +0200, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> > - ocfs2-devel.oss.oracle.com
>
> This is a normal mailing list, and I subscribed to it normally. It
> might howerever be brken in various ways as oss.oracle.com seems
> pretty much unmaintained.
>
> > - rds-devel.oss.oracle.com
>
> The same probably applies here.
>
Thanks, Christoph; it seems that I miscategorized those two email
addresses in my first attempt going through the data.
I found the URLs how to subscribe to those mailing lists, so no help from
Martin is required here.
Lukas
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* Re: MAINTAINERS: Marking internal distribution lists
2020-09-11 9:46 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-09-11 10:12 ` Lukas Bulwahn
@ 2020-09-11 14:40 ` Martin K. Petersen
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From: Martin K. Petersen @ 2020-09-11 14:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Christoph Hellwig
Cc: Lukas Bulwahn, Joe Perches, linux-kernel, Ralf Ramsauer,
Martin K. Petersen
Christoph,
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 08:37:54AM +0200, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
>> - ocfs2-devel.oss.oracle.com
>> - rds-devel.oss.oracle.com
Both of these are public development lists and should be fully
functional, have archives available, etc. Let me know if that's not the
case.
--
Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering
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* Re: MAINTAINERS: Marking internal distribution lists
2020-09-11 6:37 MAINTAINERS: Marking internal distribution lists Lukas Bulwahn
2020-09-11 9:46 ` Christoph Hellwig
@ 2020-09-11 10:16 ` Joe Perches
2020-09-11 10:23 ` Lukas Bulwahn
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Joe Perches @ 2020-09-11 10:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lukas Bulwahn; +Cc: linux-kernel, Ralf Ramsauer
On Fri, 2020-09-11 at 08:37 +0200, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
> in my continued effort to clean up MAINTAINERS, I came across various
> email "lists" that are actually just some kind of internal distribution
> lists, but we cannot subscribe to them (no archives available) and they
> are not affiliated to a specific person.
>
> Some examples are:
>
> - bcm-kernel-feedback-list.broadcom.com
> - brcm80211-dev-list.cypress.com
> - brcm80211-dev-list.pdl.broadcom.com
> - coreteam.netfilter.org
> - esc.storagedev.microsemi.com
> - linux-imx.nxp.com
> - megaraidlinux.pdl.broadcom.com
> - MPT-FusionLinux.pdl.broadcom.com
> - ocfs2-devel.oss.oracle.com
> - oss-drivers.netronome.com
> - patches.opensource.cirrus.com
> - qat-linux.intel.com
> - rds-devel.oss.oracle.com
> - sparmaintainer.unisys.com
> - wil6210.qti.qualcomm.com
> - x86.kernel.org
At one time, those sorts of email addresses were called "exploders"
Perhaps mark them as such?
Maybe like:
L: megaraidlinux.pdl@broadcom.com (exploder for non-subscribers)
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* Re: MAINTAINERS: Marking internal distribution lists
2020-09-11 10:16 ` Joe Perches
@ 2020-09-11 10:23 ` Lukas Bulwahn
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Lukas Bulwahn @ 2020-09-11 10:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Joe Perches; +Cc: Lukas Bulwahn, linux-kernel, Ralf Ramsauer
On Fri, 11 Sep 2020, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2020-09-11 at 08:37 +0200, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> > Hi Joe,
> >
> > in my continued effort to clean up MAINTAINERS, I came across various
> > email "lists" that are actually just some kind of internal distribution
> > lists, but we cannot subscribe to them (no archives available) and they
> > are not affiliated to a specific person.
> >
> > Some examples are:
> >
> > - bcm-kernel-feedback-list.broadcom.com
> > - brcm80211-dev-list.cypress.com
> > - brcm80211-dev-list.pdl.broadcom.com
> > - coreteam.netfilter.org
> > - esc.storagedev.microsemi.com
> > - linux-imx.nxp.com
> > - megaraidlinux.pdl.broadcom.com
> > - MPT-FusionLinux.pdl.broadcom.com
> > - ocfs2-devel.oss.oracle.com
> > - oss-drivers.netronome.com
> > - patches.opensource.cirrus.com
> > - qat-linux.intel.com
> > - rds-devel.oss.oracle.com
> > - sparmaintainer.unisys.com
> > - wil6210.qti.qualcomm.com
> > - x86.kernel.org
>
> At one time, those sorts of email addresses were called "exploders"
>
> Perhaps mark them as such?
> Maybe like:
>
> L: megaraidlinux.pdl@broadcom.com (exploder for non-subscribers)
>
It is a bit long, but sounds good to me.
If that is still the terminology to settle for, I will send out patches to
update the description and data in MAINTAINERS.
Lukas
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